Abstract: Background: Perinatal death, defined as the loss of a fetus or neonate between 28 weeks of gestation and seven days after birth, remains a significant global issue, with most cases occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Materials and Methods: A descriptive research design involving 10 counseling staff that had attended to 53 grieving mothers from perinatal loss during the study period from Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya was used. This study explored the sociocultural factors affecting postpartum mothers’ coping mechanisms following such losses. Structured questionnaires were used to assess the sociocultural factors affecting postpartum mothers following perinatal deaths........
Keywords – Grief counselling, Perinatal loss, psychological wellbeing, Sociocultural factor, Coping mechanisms.
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